HENRY VII: HEADS & HEARTS — HAMPTON COURT PALACE

In 2009 Hampton Court Palace opened its 'Heads & Hearts' exhibition to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII’s accession to the throne. Visitors are invited to participate in the king’s wedding to his sixth wife, Kateryn Parr.

Newangle were commissioned to produce five audiovisual installations, which used costumed actors and extras to convey the atmosphere of Henry’s court on the wedding day, from the bustle of the morning to the marriage ceremony itself.

In the Council Chamber four living portraits of courtiers debate topical political issues and exchange gossip, while the shadowy figure of a female ghost serves as a reminder of Kateryn’s unhappy predecessors.